Emily Zung Manninger

Associate

manninger@luch.com
Phone: (626) 449-1882

Emily Zung Manninger is an associate in the firm's Pasadena office. Her practice focuses on business and employment litigation, corporate matters (including forming and maintaining the tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations), and land use and environmental law. She litigates in both the state and federal courts, and represents clients in mediation and binding arbitration. Her clients include multi-employer pension funds, various government agencies, real estate developers, nonprofit corporations, and privately held businesses.

Ms. Manninger also has particular expertise with, and regularly litigates, matters arising under the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (ERISA). In addition, while Ms. Manninger represents clients on a range of land use issues, she is especially proficient in matters involving the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). She works with clients to plan, document, and ensure CEQA compliance. She negotiates on behalf of and represents clients before government agencies.

Ms. Manninger received her Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Literatures in English from the University of California, San Diego, with minors in Economics and Literatures in Spanish. She is licensed to practice law in California in all state courts, and in the Central and Southern Districts of the United States District Court. She is also licensed to practice law in Nevada.

Ms. Manninger is an active member of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Pasadena Bar Association, and the University of California, San Diego Alumni Association.